***Over the past two months I've tried to get into this, I really have but I just do not like it.

Nowhere near as good as it's made out to be or its chart run and success not only in Australia but worldwide would suggest. It's not even that good.

Most of the time it sounds like Mumford & Sons or someone similar making a song over a dance beat. The vocals are boring, the dance elements are lacking and the folk elements are a tiny bit interesting but mostly boring. It feels very underwhelming, especially considering that almost everyone makes it out to be such an awesome song.

I'm really unhappy with it being his biggest hit and first and so far only #1 as it is nothing compared to most of his other songs, particularly Levels, I Could Be The One and Seek Bromance.

I pretty much agree with everything jayj95 (originally) said.

EDIT (6/12/13): So nearly six months after I first heard it it's STILL in the top 30. I'm so tired of it, I race to switch it off if I ever hear it. It has become such a borefest and anything enjoyable about it is just gone. I just wish it would go away already. Also I'm annoyed that people are still buying this when "You Make Me" has been pretty much ignored.

EDIT (10/1/14) It's starting to get better again for me. Back to 3 stars :PLast edited: 10/01/2014 03:50

***How was this the number one song in Australia?I never got into it and the Australian public took a shine to it. He should have got his first major commercial success 18 months prior with Levels.Last edited: 30/08/2017 13:45

*****This has grown tiresome over time, thanks to the same formula being used over and over again by Avicii, but it was something I loved when it came out so it can have some extra points for that. Also Aloe Blacc sounds computer generated even though I think it's just his voice and that it hasn't been manipulated. But still, it's disconcerting.Last edited: 31/05/2016 10:34

*****Avicii strikes again with another brilliant track, not bothered by the criticism it originally drew, he knew this was the right thing to release and it was brave. The blending of genres i.e. house, soul and folk, works so damn well. The only way this could be better IMO is if the instrumental changed after the bridge, it doesn't go anywhere exciting at the end like you hope it would.

****I feel as though an Avicii chart topper has been inevitable for a while, considering that he's managed to go from strength to strength with successive singles, last making the top 5 with "I Could Be The One" which had no gimmicky qualities outside the interesting video. That being said, I wouldn't have predicted that this would be the one to do it for him.

The thing that interests me when an artist gets to the summit is the implication that they are the next part of the continually growing canon of chart topping artists. And when this happens, it comes to the question of what they mean for this canon, are they a solid addition, or a mere tainting of a legacy? When LMFAO first got to the top of the charts, this was certainly on my mind. Accepting that has made it easier for me to accept anything else that comes along. But really, it bears in mind to take off the nostalgia goggles for this, because I'd seriously question anyone who disputes Avicii's placing in this canon next to 'legendary' artists like Charlene or Paul Lekakis.

What struck me when listening to this first was just how atypical it was of Avicii. The breakdown I suppose is distinctively Avicii but the rest really came as a surprise. The opening strumming sounds organic but once it starts dipping in and out, it does remind you of its true colours. Of course not long after the drum beat kicks in to further solidify it.

I will happily admit that the typical Avicii-isms just work for me. The four-on-the-floor beat, while a tried and true standard, pays off very nicely. Perhaps the song could have more to it, and it's not my favourite from him, but it does what it sets out to do and quite well, so I'm happy to see this at the top of the charts. Or perhaps I'm just on a never ending sugar high of quality #1 singles (and I will happily defend the qualities of "Harlem Shake" any day :P) and my views are completely distorted.

I must say I almost want to hate this just because LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE AVICII!Last edited: 06/02/2014 04:40

****"Wake Me Up" by Avicii is a good song. The combination of country and dance is passable and I like the overall arrangement distributed here. It's about time we had a decent single wake up at #1 in Australia.

**Well it's alright I guess, although I can't help but notice it's pulling an Imagine Dragons gimmick of taking the most cliched examples of different genres and sticking them together with cellotape and packaged as 'experimentation'

******one of the best songs of the year, original beat, powerful vocals and great mixture between dance and country have made it a perfect classic track that has ruled the charts all over the world. surely his best song so far

I am a fan of Avicii's, in fact if we excuse this, he would pass as one of my favourite dance artists. "Seek Bromance" was an excellent start to his career, "Levels" was great and "I Could Be the One" was fantastic, but this was such a major drop in quality. "Hey Brother" and "Addicted To You" would then go on to become some of my Avicii favourites also.

I remember coming home and seeing this at #5 on iTunes and feeling quite excited that Avicii would actually have a hit. Then it got to #1 and I listened to it and instantly disliked it. I think about a couple of days later, my music teacher asked my class if we had heard this and decided to show it to the class. I guess this enforced my hate on it as it was then deemed "amazing" and a "great song" and shit. Oh and also those ads for that TV show that I can't remember the name of didn't help this either.

The vocals are crap. Aloe Blacc (I don't honestly care if he is credited or not, maybe it would be better for his career if he wasn't tied to this trash) has never been an artist I had liked, for one I disliked "I Need A Dollar", so a better vocalist would have at least slightly improved this song. He sounds lazy, bored and the production adds nothing to the song. The folk elements are cheesy, lame and just annoying.

So overall, it's one of the weaker #1s of 2013 and Avicii's worst. It didn't deserve its huge success one bit. I know I do come off a little biased here but seriously it's just shit.